Cayman Islands firefighters bring Christmas cheer
At a happy afternoon party that was attended by over 300 kids this year, firefighters of the Cayman Islands Fire Service once again provided some seasonal cheer as well as food and gifts from Santa on Saturday 20 December 2014…
Christian Aid welcomes pressure on UK tax havens [and Cayman Islands]
From Ekklesia UK tax havens have come under new pressure to end their extreme financial secrecy after the European Union moved last week to shine a light on who really owns millions of companies. “Europe’s decision to create national registers…
Cayman Islands Seventh Day Adventist Church announces Cayman Islands Conference 2015
GREETINGS & SALUTATIONS “The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.” (Jer. 31:3 NKJV) CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING The Cayman Islands Conference of…
Jamaica commission probes CWC, Columbus merger
By Patrick Nixon – From BN Americas Jamaica’s Fair Trading Commission (FTC) says it is holding a public consultation on the proposed merger of Caribbean telcos Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International. UK-owned CWC, which operates the LIME…
Campari selling Federated Pharmaceutical for US$14 million
Kirk Distributors the buyer From Jamaica Observer THE Italy-based Campari Group announced plans to sell its Federated Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, a division of J Wray & Nephew Limited, for US$14.4 million (J$1.6 b) to the Glen Christian-led Kirk Distributors Limited….
Death Penalty Debate
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Like all prime and national security ministers before her, Trinidad’s Kamla Persad-Bissessar is so frustrated with the number of annual murders in Trinidad that she is now leading a revived and spirited campaign to…
Column: A challenge to our beliefs
By Thomas Sowell From Gaston Gazette Depressing news about black students scoring far below white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago developed their different explanations…
Jacksonville doctors take medical mission trip to Jamaica: ‘Big smiles, so much gratitude’
By Beth Reese Cravey From Jacksonville.com Jacksonville surgeon Kenneth Jones had help from high-placed friends in the Caribbean and at home when he decided to stage a medical mission trip to a poor, rural area of Jamaica. For two…
New cases of Chikungunya down in latest update and no new cases of dengue
Chikungunya/Dengue Update as of 20 December 2014 From Cayman islands Health Department Public health officials received two positive test results for chikungunya from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) over the period 9-20 December 2014. A further seven results were…
Research indicates fungus could control mosquitoes
From Caribbean360 SWANSEA, Wales,– A team of researchers at Swansea University’s department of bioscience says a fungus could be the key to controlling mosquitoes and initial trials have been very promising. The fungus Metarhizium anisopliae kills a wide range of…
